Old Division
Chapter 1 - 2: The New Era

"Well... Casta... don't you seem to be busier than usual lately?"

"Yes, that's why I'm in Colonel Mervis' group now."

"Hmm... How are you?... Did you get a job from Colonel Louis?"

"Haha.. no heavy duty has been given.. hmm. most I was just told to stand guard at the headquarters or at his office in the city of Garhare... actually I also want to get a quite challenging task."

After listening to each other, they looked at each other.

"Haw...."

They both exhaled with faces that looked lethargic.

Ayla while laughing lightly said.

"It seems we do have an inverse personality well..haha...."

Then the voice of Casta's mobile phone rang, Casta also took his phone from a red pocket that he put on the left seat of his seat and saw the contents of the incoming message.

A message came in from Colonel Mervis saying 'Casta. can you stop by my office to pick up three books on my desk there before heading back to the center of ♥'.

Casta who looked at the contents of the message and focused on the symbol at the end of the writing immediately goosebumps all over his body with a shocked expression and a flushed face.

"Casta... What's wrong?"

"Ah ti-nothing... Colonel Mervis sent me a message. He wanted me to pick up the book in his office and bring it to headquarters, because he had a sudden affair so couldn't take it himself... hehe...."

The embarrassed Casta answered Ayla's words while rubbing her hands in her back and with a contrived smile.

After they finished eating and paying for the food, the two left the restaurant and went to the hospital where the three were being treated.

But when on the way, the two met someone who was wearing all black clothes with a hoodie coat that covered half his face and only showed his mouth.

Then while passing by sounds.

"Send my regards to her."

Casta who with a look of astonishment immediately turned to look back, but the person had already disappeared.

Ayla who saw Casta stopped and asked.

"What's Casta?"

"Ayla... Did you see that guy in black?"

"Man?.. hmm.. I didn't see anything?"

Seeing Casta's strange behavior like a confused person then Ayla invites Casta to continue his journey.

Casta who kept thinking about the thing that had just happened continued to mutter in his heart.

"Who is that man."

But immediately greeted Ayla by calling Casta and showing in front of them there is a crowd, they also approached the crowd.

Meanwhile....

On top of the 132-meter tall building was a person standing in an all-black hoodie coat and the hoodie was covering his head, the wind that blew quite strong so that he made the clothes he was wearing slightly open and showed three small blades on his thigh neatly arranged while looking at Casta and Ayla from above.

"That's a little gift from him.I hope you and them heal quickly so that we can regroup."

He stopped talking for a moment, then heard another voice softly and quietly accompanied by a smile that made his mouth slightly open until it looked a little scary.

"Well, Captain.. ten...."

Suddenly the person disappeared along with a strong gust of wind, accompanied by floating leaves.

Ayla and Casta ran into the crowd, they broke into the crowd and they saw a middle-aged fruit seller lying covered in blood with a wound on the stomach.

Ayla asked one of the people there.

"What happened...."

 "Ti-don't know, all of a sudden he's lying around like that...."

Quickly Casta approached him and examined his neck and pulse to find out whether he was alive or not, Casta also examined the knife marks on his stomach and suddenly Casta's vision was diverted, he saw an apple falling near the man with a slight bite on it.

Suddenly the man half-consciously made a sound.

"Devil...."

The astonished Casta asked what the man meant, but he had already fainted first, seeing his condition that had been on the verge of death, Casta and Ayla swiftly took him to the hospital using a local car that happened to be their same destination.

Arriving at the hospital, the man was immediately rushed to another room by the nurses, while Casta and Ayla asked the third room of people they wanted to meet at the reception.

"Good afternoon..Can I help you?"

"Excuse me sister. We'd like to see three strangers who were found from the lab two days ago."

The nun looked at the two of them in surprise, Casta seemed to know not carelessly who could meet them.

"Colonel Mervis told me to meet them."

Casta convinces the sisters that he is assigned to check them and Casta issues his army membership card as a sign of evidence.

"Ohh... Colonel Mervis yes..all right wait a minute."

They also waited for a while by seeing the hospital lobby which was quite filled with people passing by.

Not long after that the receptionist came back again and called out to Casta who was waiting in the waiting chair.

"Sorry to keep you waiting a little while."

"Ah.. ti-it's okay."

"For their rooms are on the third and fourth floors, for the name of : Zaki is in Rose's room number 8C, and next to it is 9C room in the name of : Linda. While the room in the name of : Yuichi is on the fourth floor with Lotus room number 10A."

"Thank you so much sister."

Ayla who looked at the list of rooms began to ask Casta.

"Where did we meet first?"

"The 8C and 9C, because they're the closest."

After saying goodbye to the sister, the two of them headed for the stairs to go upstairs, when they reached the door with the number 8C, they both heard someone chatting from inside, they opened the door and entered the room.

A 23-year-old man with purple hair and black eyes was sitting on his back with a pillow on his bed and a middle-aged man with black hair wearing doctor clothes standing up. Yes, they are Zaki and Doctor Kurtan.

The two of them were shocked because the door just opened and immediately turned their eyes towards the women.

"Who are you?" zaki said with a shocked expression.

"P-excuse me.. Is this Zaki's room?"

Ayla who has a shy nature if she meets new people then she is in a nervous state.

Casta who saw his friend nervous then tried to take the expert talk, Casta told the intention of their arrival both.

"We were both assigned...."

Not done Casta said doctor Kurdan cut his words.

"Ah.. y'all must be what Colonel Mervis is talking about."

"True..we were assigned to look at the circumstances of the three people who...."

Again, Casta had not yet finished his words, a voice came from outside the room and shouted.

"Zaki...."

Suddenly from the door appeared a woman who was running into the room and hit Casta until both fell to the floor.

Zaki and the doctor could only be silent to see the two of them on the floor, Ayla who saw them fall immediately tried to help.

"A-you're okay?"

Casta who was in a standing position was now on the floor with the woman who hit him, because he was upset by it he just saw the woman and scolded her...

"Wait a minute, what are you doing...."

"I-I'm sorry I didn't mean it...."

The guilty Linda tried to apologize while holding her forehead and raising her hair bangs with her left hand.

Looking a little scar on his forehead that was shaped like a sharp weapon, Casta who saw the scratch stopped scolding him.

"Huf... You okay?"

Linda who was confused because Casta who stopped scolding her only nodded.

Casta was confused because there was a patient who had originally entered an important place and then asked him.

"Who are you?. Why are you running like that?"

"I'm from the next room.I'm Linda...."

"Haaah.. ja-so you're Linda?"

"Eh... Are you looking for me?"

"We were told by Colonel Mervis to see how you are doing."

"That soldier, is he okay."

"Hmphc... If he had better not worry about it, he would be fine even if the danger was in front of his eyes."

"Huh?"

Because the room that was quiet and quiet turned into a market like the market, Zaki was finally upset.

"Hey..why it's so crowded like this is my room.can you guys just calm down a bit."

Seeing the commotion that happened, Doctor Kurdan left the room to examine other patients, because he knew that they would be fine.

However, Casta remembered something he wanted to talk about and immediately pursued the doctor Kurtan.

"Excuse me. doctor...."

"Hmm... What's wrong?"

Casta explained everything about the incident that befell the fruit seller.

"Thank you doctor."

Then Casta went back into the room, and Ayla was waiting for him.

"Where are you from?"

"Ah... it.. I told the doctor about the problem of the man who sold the impaled fruit earlier, I want him to check it immediately."

"May the father be well."

"Yes, because we need information from him about what happened."

Casta again thought seriously about all the things he had experienced along the way to the hospital earlier.

While Casta was still thinking about what he had experienced today, he suddenly heard a voice, he saw Linda talking to Zaki and sitting on Zaki's bed right by the window.

"Well, Zaki. do you still not remember what happened?"

"Not yet.I still don't remember anything."

He held onto Linda's forehead with his right hand and raised his bangs up, looking beautiful eyes bright blue, he looked back at the scar on Linda's forehead.

"Are you okay?"

Linda who was shocked by it suddenly her face immediately became red.

"A-A-I'm fine...." >.<

Ayla who saw that was immediately wrong.

"What are you doing."

Hearing that, Zaki immediately pulled his hand and threw his face towards the window.

Casta who saw the complicated situation tried to change the atmosphere and asked the whereabouts of the third person of them.

"Well, Zaki. by the way, which one is the other?. Why isn't he here?"

"Him?"

"Your other friend, aren't you three...."

"Oh..he is. I haven't met him. because I'm too lazy to go out and I've been sitting in my room all this time not going anywhere."

Hearing the stupid answer from Zaki again made Casta even more upset.

"Cih."

Linda who saw the cold attitude of Zaki then tried to answer Casta's question correctly, she wanted to be a good person as well as an expression of her apology earlier because it had hit Casta.

"I haven't met him yet, my plan was to visit Zaki, I want to visit Yuichi and bring him here...."

"Arrggh... don't mess with Linda. My room is full of strange people like you. please don't add any more...."

Casta who heard Linda wanted to visit Yuichi's room then invited him to go there together.

"Well, Linda, what if we go there together, haven't you met her yet."

"Ah.. that's a good idea...."

"No. I don't want to leave this comfortable bed...."

Casta's annoyance became more and more so, because he could not stand the behavior of the man who looked right, it was, then Casta turned into someone who looked more sinister than before and stretched his hands and clenched his hands.

"Well, then I'll kill you to leave your bed for good...."

Zaki who saw a very threatening situation was inevitably to follow Casta and call her a half-man woman and finally the four of them went to the fourth floor where Yuichi's room was located.

On the fourth floor of the hospital it looks a little quiet, because rarely placed there, with a slightly dark atmosphere so that the floor looks a little creepy, when in front of the door of the room with the number 10A, they were silent for a moment.

In that tense atmosphere suddenly Zaki shouted and made the three of them startled.

"Aaaaaa.. I just want to go back to my room. This place is terrible."

Then smartly and irritatedly Casta pulled the collar behind Zaki's shirt because he wanted to escape and return to his room, at the time of a commotion in front of Yuichi's room, which was not the case, suddenly a voice sounded from within and made them even more shocked.

"Come in... I've been waiting for you."

The four of them who heard the voice had felt a little afraid, then Casta ventured to open the door slowly and peeked little by little.

Casta saw inside a mattress that was slightly docked to the wall by the window and there was a man who was sitting on the mattress while looking out the window with a slightly dark room.

With courage and a little nervous Casta greeted him even from outside the door that he opened little by little.

"Ha-hallo..excuse me!"

Seeing Casta who suddenly became a coward, Zaki immediately opened the door completely suddenly, and immediately the room became a little bright because of the light coming from two directions.

Then the man moved his gaze towards the four visiting guests with a slight smile.

Zaki and the three others enter the room completely, and Yuichi looks like he has a handsome white face, about 170 cm tall and black eyes with slightly long hair fluttering from the wind outside the window and red hair beautify his smile to the four people who visited it.

Casta, Ayla and Linda moved her gaze to Zaki, they saw Zaki who was watching Yuichi with a slightly serious look.

"Hmm. So you're the one named Yuichi," Zaki looked at Yuichi with a sharp look.

Linda who saw Zaki's gaze was a little afraid that there would be a feud between them, even though they had just met, with Linda slowly calling the man.

"Za-Zaki...."

With Zaki suddenly walking closer towards Yuichi, Casta who saw Zaki approached towards Yuichi then let out a slight sound.

"O-oi... What do you want?"

"I just want to make sure of it."

"Sure what?"

After Zaki approached Yuichi, he immediately held Yuichi's eel and raised his bangs up, Casta who saw it immediately commented.

"Oi... Zaki what are you doing...."

"Hmm. It turns out he doesn't have a scar like Linda does."

With a look of stupid and bloon he said it then only made Casta became upset over his actions, Casta immediately approached towards Zaki and hit his head.

Yuichi and the others could only chuckle at the foolish man's behavior, and Casta asked him.

"Well, Yuichi..Why don't you go out and visit them?"

"Hmm. if you ask me why. well I definitely don't want to go out."

"Huh?"

Casta was confused by his words, but Yuichi continued his words.

"Because walking is tiring.I better lie here and see the beautiful scenery from here."

Hearing those words, Zaki immediately replied while laughing with his spirit.

"Just let. walking is tiring.. just sleeping.... haha...."

"Hmm.." nodding Yuichi agreed with Zaki.

With a resigned look these women.

"Ahh.. it turns out they are the same...."

Then not long after Yuichi looked seriously at the bag that Casta was holding and said that he was carrying something.

"You.. carry something in your bag, don't you?"

Casta and the others hear Yuichi's words and are confused by what he means, but Yuichi makes it clear.

"Apel.. You brought an apple in there."

Casta was surprised how Yuichi knew that he had an apple in his bag and Casta took out the apple.

Seen the apple there is a bite mark that is quite large, Ayla also remembered the apple was near the middle-aged man who was lying with blood as they walked to the hospital...

"Ah. You brought that apple Casta."

"I brought it because I felt like there was something strange about this apple."

Then Zaki and Linda just fell silent and watched the apple, suddenly Yuichi asked the apple to be seen.

"May I hold the apple?"

"Y-yes...."

Casta approached Yuichi and gave the strange apple, Yuichi accepted it with his right hand and said again.

"Where did you get this apple?"

Ayla tells the chronology of the story, Zaki, Linda and Yuichi listen to the story.

After he finished listening to the story, the astonished Zaki asked Yuichi.

"Well, Yuichi, how do you know there's an apple in there?"

"Hmm. You know, my nose will be more sensitive if it smells sweet."

"Haha. I've guessed it. You can kiss it too... Hahaha...."

Casta and Ayla who were serious about seeing them still had a chance to joke became annoyed, then Casta walked towards Zaki and wanted to hit him.

Suddenly....

*Krakk....

Casta, Ayla, Zaki, and Linda turned their gazes towards the apple that was in Yuichi's hands. Yes, Yuichi with a serious eye grasped and squeezed the apple to the point of disintegration using his right hand.

Casta who saw that immediately said.

"What are you doing...."

But Yuichi's hand still seemed to be grasping at something, even though the apple had already been destroyed and the fragments fell on Yuichi's bed.

Their eyes still remain on Yuichi's clutches, when Yuichi opened his clutches slowly, seen an object with a round shape like a necklace.

And when the grip is fully open, it looks like it is a pendant with silver color and inside there is a photo of two small children of the female and male sex who already look worn and opaque.